Morning Minutes: May 29

Monday

May 17, 2010 at 12:01 AMMay 17, 2010 at 5:22 PM

Word of the Day, Website of the Day, Number to Know, This Day in History, Today’s Featured Birthday and Daily Quote.

Word of the Day

Elephantiasis el-uh-fun-TYE-uh-sis (noun) Enlargement and thickening of tissues, specifically the enormous enlargement of a limb or the scrotum caused by obstruction of lymphatics by filarial worms; an undesirable usually enormous growth, enlargement or overdevelopment -- www.merriam-webster.com

Website of the Day

JazzCorner
www.jazzcorner.com

This site serves as a portal to official websites of hundreds of jazz musicians and organizations. There’s a video share where you can upload and share jazz and blues videos, an online Jukebox and a bulletin board where jazz enthusiasts can meet up.

Number to Know

1991: Year when International Jazz Day was established. It is held on May 29 every year.

This Day in History

May 29, 1988: President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

Today’s Featured Birthday

Actress Annette Bening (52)

Daily Quote

“A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.” – President John F. Kennedy, who was born on this date in 1917.

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